Cristie Ford, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Administrative law and regulatory governance Banking and finance law Courts, litigation and access to justice Jurisprudence, legal theory, and critical studies Legal ethics and the legal profession

Latest funding

Engaged or Estranged? How Disaffection Is Showing Up in Canadian Financial Regulation
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$89,553
Innovation as a regulatory challenge: Responses by financial and legal professional regulators
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$21,221
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Training Program
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$1,618,550

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Engaged or Estranged? How Disaffection Is Showing Up in Canadian Financial Regulation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ford, Cristie L.

$89,553

Innovation as a regulatory challenge: Responses by financial and legal professional regulators

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ford, Cristie L.

Keywords: securities regulation; financial regulation; legal profession; innovation; emerging technologies; regulation; construction of expertise; blockchain; artificial intelligence; machine learning; social policy; organiz behaviour; SSHRC Future Challenge Area 5

$21,221

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Training Program

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Lemieux, Victoria L

Keywords: blockchain technology; distributed ledger technology; distributed systems; financial cryptography; trusted computing

$1,618,550

Conference: new governance and the business organization

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Ford, Cristie L.

Keywords: new governance theory; business organizations; corporate governance; corporate regulation; corporate social responsibility; risk based regulation; international standard setting; experimentalism; public/private collaboration; networks; best practices

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Administrative law and regulatory governance Dear Professor Ford, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on administrative law and regulatory governance connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Engaged or Estranged? How Disaffection Is Showing Up in Canadian Financial Regulation" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]